Lab 6.1: HTTP Legacy Application Creation

Note

Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes

In this lab you will add an existing legacy application (by choosing the virtual server(s) representing that application) to the Application dashboard. Note this will not “re-deploy” the application or change anything on the BIG-IP itself. Rather this will take the virtual server and all its child objects and group them together as an Application within the Application dashboard of BIG-IQ.

Lab environment access

If you have not yet visited the page Getting Started, please do so.

Tasks

1. Login to BIG-IQ as david .
2. Navigate to Applications > Applications. Click on Create to Create an Application Service:

Fill out the necessary fields.

Application properties:

Grouping = New Application Application Name = LAB_module6

Application Service Method properties:

Select: Using Existing Device Configuration

General Properties:

Application Service Name = legacy-app-service Target = BOS-vBIGIP01.termmarc.com Application Service Type = HTTP + TCP

Virtual Servers: vip134

Move vip134 over to the Selected column and then scroll down.

Note

The warning you see below in the Application Objects section is informing you that you don’t have an Analytics profile attached to the VIP, this is required to collect HTTP analytics on BIG-IQ. You will create the application without the analytics profile, and then you will go back and add it later in the lab. The warning will show if there is no analytics profile attached to at least one of the VIP selected.

Note

You can add up to 5 Virtual IP addresses to a single Legacy Application Service.

3. Click on View Sample API Request in the right upper corner to see the API call which could be used to create this legacy application service on BIG-IQ using automation.

4. Go back to the list of objects and click on Profile HTTP Analytics. Notice the warning noting the Analytics profile is missing.

Warning

Review carefully K02142132 Requirements and recommendations for creating a BIG-IQ application service with existing device configurations

5. Click Create.
6. Check the application LAB_module6 has been created. Click on it to see the application. You should see an application called legacy-app-service. Notice the label LEGACY is showing on the applications grid/tile. This is an indication that this application was not created with a template, and will be treated as a legacy application.

Drill down into the application dashboard and notice no analytics are showing on the dashboard. This is normal, the VIP does not have any analytics profiles attached to it! Hover over the warning icon in the Traffic Management box under F5 Services to see the error.